Brief Lives: Together with 'an Apparatus For the Lives of Our English Mathematical Writers' And 'the Life of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury' (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Aubrey, John; Buchanan-Brown, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140435891 ISBN 13: 9780140435894

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2000

Synopsis

BRIEF LIVES makes an unforgettably vivid and revealing contribution to the oral history of Elizabethan and Stuart England. It parades statesmen, poets, philosophers and scientists, Raleigh and Bacon, Shakespeare and Milton, Hobbes and Descartes, Boyle and Halley. They, together with a host of lesser but equally fascinating figures, are brought to life in the recorded memories of a vast circle of Aubrey's acquaintance and from the personal knowledge of an author who revelled in the sheer varietyof human nature and in the intimate, specific and sometimes scandalous aspects of his subjects' lives.

About this title

Synopsis:

Compiled as material for Anthony Wood's histories of Oxford University, this text contributes to the oral history of Elizabethan and Stuart England. It parades statesmen, poets, philosopers and scientists, Raleigh and Bacon, Shakespeare and Milton, and Boyle and Halley. They, together with less well known figures, are brought to life in the recorded memories of a vast circle of Aubrey's acquaintance and from the personal knowledge of an author who revelled in the variety of human nature and in the intimate, specific and sometimes scandalous aspects of his subjects' lives.

About the Author:

John Aubrey (1626 - 97), was born into a prominent family and developed contacts within the literary, artistic, theatrical and scientific circles of his day. His wide-ranging interests included folklore, antiquities and history. He is chiefly remembered for BRIEF LIVES.
John Buchanan-Brown is an editor, bibliographer and translator who has written numerous articles on Aubrey.
Michael Hunter is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0140435891
• ISBN 13: 9780140435894
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528